E. Nesbit’s Five Children and It was broadcast for the first time in 1951. In this version, the Psammead was played by a small boy (Thomas Moore) who mimed to actor Richard Warner’s voice.
Forty years later, a 1991 remake of the story featured a sophisticated puppet Psammead made by the BBC’s Special Effects Department.
Anthea
Jennifer Mallard Jane
Pat Cohen Cyril
David Rivers Robert
Warren Hearnden It (Psammead)
Thomas Moore
Richard Warner (voice) Martha
Daisy Bindley
